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Lou Williams, right, is averaging career-highs this season in points (18.6 points) and field-goal percentage (44.4), but the 30-year-old reserve guard did not fit in the Lakers’ long-term plans, so they traded the NBA Sixth Man of the Year candidate to the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Lakers didn’t limit their changes to the front office on Tuesday. They also started making changes to their roster, too.

The Lakers traded veteran guard Lou Williams to the Houston Rockets for veteran small forward Corey Brewer and a first-round pick, according to the Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Though the Lakers have not confirmed the deal, the move illustrated the vision that Magic Johnson had outlined earlier as the team’s new president of basketball operations. Johnson had said Williams “has been probably the player everybody has been calling about the most.”

Though Williams is averaging career-highs this season in points (18.6 points) and field-goal percentage (44.4) the 30-year-old reserve guard did not fit in the Lakers’ long-term plans.

Brewer, a nine-year veteran, might play a modest role with the Lakers after averaging a career-low 4.2 points in 15.9 minutes off the bench this season with the Rockets. But the Lakers gained an additional draft pick to complement a young roster that includes D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, Brandon Ingram, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr. and Ivica Zubac.

The Lakers could make more deals before Thursday’s trade deadline, though Johnson called the team’s young core “untouchable.”

Mark Medina has been the Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News since 2012. He also works as a Lakers insider for AM570 and is heard on national radio outlets, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, The Chris Mannix Show, Fox Sports Radio, CBS Sports Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio. Medina also appears frequently on Spectrum SportsNet and NBC4's "Going Roggin."